zuz HOOVE OR BLOWN, OVEB-FED. 



and night, will soon set all right again. If there is 

 suspicion of some inflammatory condition lurking in 

 the system, the FEVER SPECIFIC, A A, in like doses 

 will have the like effect. 



Hoove or Blown, Over-fed. 



The most frequent cause is turning an animal into 

 rich pasture, when, from over-eating, the stomach 

 becomes so distended as not to be able to act upon 

 its contents. The food then undergoes chemical 

 changes, in the process of which an immense 

 amount of gas or wind is generated, producing 

 swelling, distension, etc. ; drinking very cold water, 

 and especially eating too much bran, chaff, grains, 

 oats, wheat, corn, is followed by similar conse- 

 quences, in an intensified degree. 



SYMPTOMS. The disease is known by the animal 

 being swelled, or tl blown" over the whole belly, but 

 espec ally at the stomach and left side, where the 

 distended stomach lies ; the swelling yields to the 

 finger, and gives a hollow drum-like sound when 

 struck; there are sour or noisome belchings of wind; 

 the cow does not move, moans and breathes with 

 difficulty, neither eats nor chews the cud. 



As the disease progresses, the pulse becomes full 

 and hard, and quicker than before ; the eyes are red 

 and protruded ; the mouth is filled with frothy slaver, 

 and the tongue hangs out; the back is crouched, 

 and legs drawn under the body ; the cow becomes 

 insensible when the swelling is at its height; she 



